Andre Smith

CINCINNATI (AP) — Tyler Eifert made a mental note of all the NFL teams needing a tight end. The Bengals weren't on his list. So, it surprised him to be on a conference call to Cincinnati on Thursday night, trying to find a quiet spot in his joyous...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Offensive linemen are usually the unsung heroes, the guys who only get talked about when they screw up. Not at Alabama, where the second-ranked Crimson Tide's road to the BCS championship game has been paved by five...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT Andy Dalton laughed when asked if accuracy on the deep ball had been brought up during the Bengals' offseason workouts. In short, he's heard about it almost every day. That is why...

The Sports Xchange Six OTs miss Bengals OTA CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Bengals right tackle Andre Smith, who signed a three-year, $18 million contract on April 26, was not at the first OTA workout on Tuesday. Coach Marvin Lewis said it had nothing to do...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT During the first practice of Bengals rookie minicamp, quarterback Andy Dalton watched from the tunnel inside Paul Brown Stadium and saw tight end Tyler Eifert make a one-handed catch...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT With the Bengals drafting seven of their 10 players on offense, including the change-of-pace running back they have been searching for and another big target in the red zone, that...

If the Bears had been picking 32nd instead of 20th, no one would have said boo about them selecting Kyle Long. But they were picking 20th, and they caught a lot of people by surprise. Based on my pre-draft research, I thought Long would be a second-...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT With the struggles of the offense during the stretch run last year, it is important for the Bengals to add playmakers during the draft. They started doing that during the first round...

This ought to give Aaron Rodgers better memories of the NFL draft. The Green Bay Packers signed their franchise quarterback Friday to a five-year contract extension through the 2019 season, eight years after they stopped his slide down the draft board...

The Sports Xchange Report: Bengals to re-sign OT Smith Offensive tackle Andre Smith tested the free-agent waters this spring and found no takers. So instead of finding greener pastures with another team, he's staying with the Cincinnati Bengals, ESPN...

  The draft will be held today (Round 1), Friday (Rounds 2-3) and Saturday (Rounds 4-7) in New York. Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines AFC team needs by division: EAST The Buffalo Bills are once again in search of a quarterback, and...

The NFL draft is Thursday through Saturday in New York. Tribune Newspapers NFL reporter Sam Farmer examines team needs by division. NFC North Lions: It's an (almost) instant replay for the Lions, who like last year are looking for players to bolster...